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Early Morning Lightning in Huntsville, Alabama
4:52 a.m., 8/9/11, Northeast Huntsville, AlabamaThis lightning caused a power outage in the area.4:51 a.m., 8/9/11, Northeast Huntsville, Alabama4:20 a.m., 8/9/11, Northeast Huntsville, AlabamaIn the...
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August 16, 1985 Hurricane Danny Tornado Outbreak
2:10 p.m. 8/16/85 Jasper, Alabama tornado. Photo taken by Douglas Pearson of the Daily Mountain Eagle newspaper. Source: Obsevations of the Hurricane Danny Tornado Outbreak of 16 August 1985, by Eugene...
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Rocket City Weather Fest
If you live in North Alabama and have in interest in the weather, or have children interested in science, consider attending the secon annual Rocket City Weather Fest this Saturday, September 17, 2011...
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Huntsville Lightning 9/15/11
12:22 Columbus NexradLightning photo taken at Oak Park in NE Huntsville, Alabama at 12:21 a.m. 9/15/11....
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Severe Thunderstorms in North Alabama
8:47 a.m., 11/16/11, Decatur, Alabama (Taken on my Droid phone)8:50 a.m., 11/16/11, Decatur, AlabamaThere were several reports of severe weather across Alabama today. Preliminary reports of possible...
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Memories of April 27, 2011 – Mississippi & Alabama Storm Chase Account
5:10 p.m. 4/27/11, Tuscaloosa, AlabamaMemories of April 27, 2011 – My Storm Chase AccountThis is a personal account of my experiences as a storm chaser on April 26 and 27, 2011 in Mississippi and...
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KIH-20
Douglas L. Davis of the National Weather Service HuntsvillePhoto credit: Huntsville Magazine, Winter 1975Tom Ward of the National Weather Service HuntsvillePhoto credit: Huntsville Magazine, Winter...
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Northeast Huntsville Flooding
UAH Armor Radar Rainfall EstimateThe photos above were taken by my neighbor, LeeAnn Reid, this morning around 11:30. This is the creek that runs off Monte Sano between our homes in Northeast...
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Saturday Morning Storms
I took these photos of cloud to ground lightning as a line of storms approached Huntsville between 5 and 6 a.m. this morning. North Alabama was actually under Tornado Watch #2, but the line of storms...
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January 22-23 Chase Account
Wow, what a crazy Sunday, Sunday night, and Monday morning.I woke up to go to the early service at church because I wanted to come home, take care of some things, and get a good nap before chasing...
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Tuscaloosa Tornado 4/27/12 - Another Look
When I post pictures to my Twitter account, my Facebook weather page, this blog, or wherever, I rarely do any editing of the photographs. At most I occasionally crop the picture, but that's it. What...
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Coldest Day in Alabama History - 2/13/1899
This is from the Montgomery Advertiser, 2/14/1899. The temperature dropped to -14 on this date in Anniston in 1899.12 below zero in Uniontown, AL in Perry County and -7 in Opelika in Lee County on this...
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Joppa - Arab Tornado 2/16/95
Birmingham Nexrad 2/16/95 at 5 a.m. when a Tornado Warning was issued for Marshall County.At 4:59 a.m. on February 16, 1995, an F3 tornado touched down three miles west of Joppa in extreme northeast...
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Significant Tornado Parameter
Significant Tornado Parameter, NAM, Valid 9 p.m. ThursdayDuring the past 24 hours there has been quite a bit of talk about the "Significant Tornado Parameter" (STP) index. Understandably, ever since...
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Madison County, AL Lightning - 2/22/12
This photo was taken at 6:54 p.m. of a cumulonimbus cloud, looking east from Chapman Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama.Cloud to ground lightning just north of Madison County, High School at 6:02.Cloud to...
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BUST!
Today was a case study in why storm chasing in real life is nothing like storm chasing "as seen on TV". The Tennessee Valley of North Alabama was under a "Moderate Risk" of severe weather and a Tornado...
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Madison County Damage 3/2/12
Photos from damage on Maysville Rd, Just off Winchester, near Buckhorn HS in Madison Co.
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Damage from US Hwy 231, North of Huntsville
Tornado damage from US Hwy 231, North of Huntsville, 3/2/12...
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March 2, 2012 Chase Account
All week, computer models pointed to a couple of potential severe weather threats, one on Wednesday February 29 and a greater threat for Friday March 2, 2012. Wednesday’s “event” produced no severe...
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NWS Huntsville Storm Spotter Training
A record crowd of over 250 people were trained tonight by the National Weather Service Huntsville in basic storm spotting at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Here are a few...
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